HOPATCONG — Officers turned up more than $9,200 worth of Ecstasy, 50 bags of heroin and other drugs when they served an arrest warrant on a Hopatcong man Thursday afternoon, police said.

Officers from Hopatcong, Roxbury and Mount Arlington, working with Sussex County Sheriff's Officer Kieran McMorrow and his K9, Atlas, served an arrest and search warrant at 20-year-old Michael Calo's home on Eugene Road, Lt. Thomas Kmetz said.

He said the warrants were the result of a month-long investigation by detectives from all three towns.

Inside the home, Kmetz said, police found:• 461 pills of Ecstasy, with a street value of $9,220• $3,245.00 in cash (Kmetz noted Calo is unemployed)• Marijuana packaged in dime bags for distribution• A brick of heroin (50 bags)• Three Suboxone pills• Four scales, including two that looked like cell phones• One electronic smoking device• Several illegal knives

Police say they found $3,245 in Michael Calo's home when he was arrested on several drug charges.Courtesy of Hopatcong Police

Calo was arrested, taken to headquarters and charged with possession of Ecstasy (a third-degree offense), possession with intent to distribute Ecstasy (third degree), distribution of Ecstasy (third degree), possession of heroin (third degree), possession of Suboxone (third degree), possession of more than five ounces of Ecstasy with the intent to distribute (first degree), possession of more than one ounce of marijuana with the intent to distribute (third degree), possession of more than 50 grams of marijuana (fourth degree), and possession of paraphernalia. Kmetz said he will also be charged with possession of illegal weapons for the knives.

He was brought to the Sussex County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail, Kmetz said.

Kmetz did not specify in a news release about the arrest how Calo initially came to the police departments' attention. He said he could not comment on those details, and investigations are ongoing.